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Google has brought client-side encryption to the Gmail app on iOS and Android, letting Workspace users compose, send, and read encrypted messages on their phones for the first time. The rollout, ... Google has expanded Gmail's end-to-end encryption for Workspace users to iOS and Android, allowing mobile users to compose and read encrypted messages natively within the Gmail app for the first time.
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OS 26.5 beta 1 gives the Messages app support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging, after previously being available in the iOS 26.4 beta. Google has brought end-to-end encrypted Gmail to Android and iOS for eligible Workspace users, extending secure mobile email without extra apps. When an encryption system is in place, the data is always in one of two states: unencrypted or encrypted. Unencrypted data is also known as plaintext, and encrypted data is called ciphertext.
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Encryption algorithms, or ciphers, are used to encode and decode the data. Encryption requires the use of a cryptographic key: a set of mathematical values that both the sender and the recipient of an encrypted message agree on. How does encryption work? Encryption is a mathematical process that alters data using an encryption algorithm and a key.